Planning a Learning Area

Course code: PlanLA

Rationale

·         An efficient planning process is essential, to create teacher time to ‘focus on teaching’.

·         Planning is the most efficient way of improving student performance.

Course description

·         The goal is to enable you to plan quickly and efficiently.

·         It will enable you to demonstrate that you have addressed your State requirements. (or National Curriculum)

·         Prepare learning programs for immediate use in the classroom

·         Connect curriculum and pedagogy i.e. the planning promotes interesting learning experiences in the classroom.

Modules

The course comprises 5 modules, each of approximately 1-4 hours:

M1. Understand curriculum design. Answer the key questions of:  why we teach, what, when, how, with-what, so what, how well.

M2. Examine the system requirements.   What is to be taught, when.                          Creating Scope and Sequence charts

M3. Preparing learning programs. Learning area units. ‘How, with-what’  

M4. Creating schedules and checklists.

M5. Choosing the assessment tasks and criteria for standards. ‘So-what, How well’.

Audience:  Teachers, curriculum leaders and parents

Delivery mode:  self-paced, interactive and supported

Access: Open to all teachers from all States

Modules:  5 

Hours:  15

Tasks:  Prepare plans for your subject / year / State.

Assessment:  Submit relevant plans to verify.

Cost:  $220 for the 15 hours – including your chosen   

            planning materials: Year, Learning Area, State.

                 Money back guarantee, if not satisfied.

Application:  plans can be used immediately.

Sample support documents provided

·         Conceptual framework for planning

·         Flow chart of planning decisions

·         Syllabus for your State / Year Level / Subject

·         Scope and sequence

·         Learning area units

·         Schedules

·         Assessment tasks, checklists.

You choose your Year – Learning Area - State

You can email us and request planning exemplars for any Year level and learning area in your State.

We will email them to you, so that you can prepare plans that are immediately relevant to your classroom.